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102. The history of Irish Rugby with Liam O'Callaghan
102. The history of Irish Rugby with Liam O'Callaghan
In the divided nation of Ireland, rugby union seems to offer a unique form of unity, with one national team representing... Read more
9 Mar 2020
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33mins
Ranked #2
3. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the 1895 Rugby Split
3. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the 1895 Rugby Split
In this Easter special, we take a look at Sherlock Holmes and rugby. What does the resident of 221B Baker Street have to... Read more
1 Apr 2018
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7mins
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28. How Football Began - Origins and Myths of Aussie Rules Football
28. How Football Began - Origins and Myths of Aussie Rules Football
This week we look at the origins of Aussie Rules football and ask just how unique are the origins of the game? For most ... Read more
17 Sep 2018
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9mins
Ranked #4
109. Rugby's Time Tunnel - The Mitchell & Kenyon films
109. Rugby's Time Tunnel - The Mitchell & Kenyon films
This week's 'Rugby Reloaded' goes audio-visual and looks at the Mitchell & Kenyon rugby films of 1901-03. These are ... Read more
13 Apr 2020
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9mins
Ranked #5
84. Rugby and Society in NZ with David Scott
84. Rugby and Society in NZ with David Scott
As the All Blacks enter four years of self-doubt, 'Rugby Reloaded' talks to David Scott about his book 'Return to Rugby ... Read more
28 Oct 2019
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42mins
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4. Why does Wales Play the Wrong Type of Rugby?
4. Why does Wales Play the Wrong Type of Rugby?
In the second of our Easter weekend specials, we follow up the recent BBC Wales 'Rugby Codebreakers' documentary and ask... Read more
2 Apr 2018
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9mins
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27. Rugby Reloaded plus - Spencer Kassimir on rugby league in North America
27. Rugby Reloaded plus - Spencer Kassimir on rugby league in North America
Welcome to the first episode of a bonus Rugby Reloaded plus - ahead of this year's Tom Brock Lecture in Sydney, we talk ... Read more
13 Sep 2018
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17mins
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51. 'Numbering Up' Statistically speaking with the Rugby League Project
51. 'Numbering Up' Statistically speaking with the Rugby League Project
This week's 'Rugby Reloaded plus' interviews Andrew Ferguson, one of the brains behind the 'Rugby League Project' websit... Read more
11 Mar 2019
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20mins
Ranked #9
69. How Rugby Union became an Afrikaner Game
69. How Rugby Union became an Afrikaner Game
For over a century, rugby union has been a symbol of Afrikaner culture and white South Africa. But why did the Afrikaner... Read more
15 Jul 2019
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9mins
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43. Ebenezer Morley and the birth of the FA
43. Ebenezer Morley and the birth of the FA
Was Hull-born Ebenezer Cobb Morley the 'father of football'? Not unless his child was switched at birth. Morley's rules ... Read more
14 Jan 2019
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59. Rugby in Asia and the Far East
59. Rugby in Asia and the Far East
Why was there no rugby in India? And why is rugby in Sri Lanka one of the sport's best kept secrets? This week's ten-min... Read more
6 May 2019
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10mins
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92. When Kangaroos were Underdogs - Australian league in the 1920s-30s
92. When Kangaroos were Underdogs - Australian league in the 1920s-30s
This week's 'Rugby Reloaded' takes a ten-minute trip back to the time when Australians wondered if they'd ever beat the ... Read more
23 Dec 2019
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9mins
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108. Life Without League - diaries during Corona and the importance of history.
108. Life Without League - diaries during Corona and the importance of history.
This bonus episode of 'Rugby Reloaded' talks about the 'Life Without League: Rugby at the Time of Coronavirus' project w... Read more
8 Apr 2020
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29mins
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8. ‘Broken Time’ - How Two Words Blew Rugby Apart
8. ‘Broken Time’ - How Two Words Blew Rugby Apart
Take ten minutes out to discover how the word 'Broken' and 'Time' tore rugby in two in the 1890s. Why did broken time be... Read more
30 Apr 2018
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8mins
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76. Fabulous Fiji - its rise, fall and...
76. Fabulous Fiji - its rise, fall and...
Fiji has been a hotbed of rugby for over a century. It provides stars to the NRL and to rugby union around the world. In... Read more
2 Sep 2019
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9mins
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94. What You Know About Soccer is Wrong, with Dr Kevin Moore
94. What You Know About Soccer is Wrong, with Dr Kevin Moore
This week’s ‘Rugby Reloaded’ chats with Dr Kevin Moore, former Director of the National Football Museum in England and a... Read more
13 Jan 2020
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25mins
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12: Seven, Six and Nine - the origins of 'limited player' rugby
12: Seven, Six and Nine - the origins of 'limited player' rugby
This week our half-time history talk looks at the beginnings of sevens, nines and sixes - the 'short form' versions of r... Read more
4 Jun 2018
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8mins
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56. Game of Throw-ins - A History of the Line-Out
56. Game of Throw-ins - A History of the Line-Out
This week we step in the ten-minute time tunnel to look at the history of the line-out in both rugby union and rugby lea... Read more
15 Apr 2019
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9mins
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72. Why isn't soccer Australia's premier football code?
72. Why isn't soccer Australia's premier football code?
This week's 'Rugby Reloaded' plus talks to Ian Syson about his book 'The Game That Never Happened' which looks at the or... Read more
5 Aug 2019
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24mins
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85. Radical 'Rugby League Traditions'
85. Radical 'Rugby League Traditions'
As the British general election was called last week, a think-tank suggested that Boris Johnson's Conservative Party sho... Read more
4 Nov 2019
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9mins